All Joshua Chamberlain Quotes
- But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power. Cause
- The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward… Along
- The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. Deeds
- Let me say no danger and no hardship ever makes me wish to get back to that college life again. College
- Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who… Benefactions
- He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He outfaced Stanton, captivated the President,… Acquiescence
- I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea. Idea
- We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much. Cannot Plan
- The edge of the conflict swayed to and fro, with wild whirlpools and eddies. At times I saw around me more of the enemy than… All
- I am not of Virginia blood; she is of mine. Blood
- My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy… Advantage
- We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be… Beyond
- In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place… Abides
- I know in whom all my highest hopes and dearest joys are centered. I know in whom my whole heart can rest — so sweetly… All
- There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty… Bid
- But we had with us, to keep and to care for, more than five hundred bruised bodies of men- men made in the image of… Air
- It is something great and greatening to cherish an ideal; to act in the light of truth that is far-away and far above; to set… Act
- Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all… Accounted
- Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the… Antietam
- We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war. Body
- I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars. All
- We fought no better, perhaps, than they. We exhibited, perhaps, no higher individual qualities. Better
- Mounting a large rock, I was able to see a considerable body of the enemy moving by the flank in rear of their line engaged,… Able